“Sometimes it could be a short saying, and the copyright owners will be like, ‘Okay, whatever.’ Like Jay might start a record off singing a little bit of Biggie first, and depending on how long that verse is determines whether the person who owns it wants to come in and say, ‘hey, we want a percentage of that,’ or, ‘don’t worry about that.’” – Kyambo “Hip-Hop” Joshua.

That same year, in 2001, David Bowie seemed to recognize the importance of Hip-Hop music. Before Diddy was slanging vodka, he was in full production mode with his Bad Boy label. He had the chance to produce songs with David Bowie.

The pair collaborated on “Been Around the World” on Diddy’s No Way Out album and “American Dream” for the “Training Day” soundtrack.

“He [David Bowie] had this idea to do something that kind of followed the theme of the famous David Bowie track,” Diddy told MTV’s Shaheem Reid in 2001. “So when I listened to it, I was like ‘you know I am interested in doing it, but I just want to do something that’s now.’”

David Bowie was one of my most important inspirations, so fearless, so creative, he gave us magic for a lifetime.